Coin-controlled vending-machine.



M. B. MILLS. com CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JQ'ULY 25, 1908. Patel lted Apr. 20, 1909 aSHEETS-SHEET 1.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 20, 1909.1 I

Application filed July 25, 1908. Serial N0. 445,371.

To all whom it may concermf l Be it known that I, MORTIMER B. MILLS, a

citizenof the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illmois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCoin-Controlled Vending-Ma- I chines, of whichthe following is aspecifica tion. I f

' My invention relates to an. improvement in the class of vendingmachine in which the will be effected by swinging the magazine in eitherdirection. 2 5

is a vertical section of the'mae similar view showing t section on line3, Fig. 1,, F1g'.f 1, a-broken enlarged section on line 4, Fig.1,fandFig. 5,

a section on line 5, Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is an enlarged broken section online6, Fig. 5, showmg the coin-controlled mechanism in its normally lockedcondition; Fig. '7 is a similar v'1ew showing the coin-controlledmechanism m its released condition, and Fig. 8, a face-view of theratchet-device with whlch the com cooperates for releasing said mech- Ianism.

The casing 9 shownis' ofthe usual general form and constructionfor'agum-vending machine, being provided with a removable back 10, andhaving a coin-insertion opening 11 in the upper part of its face and areceiv- 'ing-cup 12' at the base thereof for the delivery to the cu b waof a chute 13, of the articles ven ed t e machine. A coin- 11 to dischare into a suitable drawer or The magazine 16 is composed of two'similarlegs or compartments 1? and 18 united at' their upper and lower'ends andbetween the" In the aocompanyingdrawinglsiuFigure 1; on the hne 1, Fig.3, showing the double magazine. turned to one delivery osition; Fig. 2is a! lie double magazine 30 turned tothe opposite position; Fig. 3=is achute 14 leads in t e casing from the opening latter to diverge, towardtheir lower ends from the uppermost union where the double magazine ispivotally hung, as shown, to adapt it to be swung as and for the purposehereinafter described.

The shape of the magazine-legs should conform in cross-section to theshape of the article stored for delivery in them, in the presentinstance packages of gum, indicated at 19, in stacks surrounded byweights 20 to hold them down. In the intermediate union between the twomagazine-legs is provided a slot 21 en aged by a stud 22pro'ectingeccentrically rom the face of a dis 23 centrally journa-led onthe front of the casing to be interposed in the coinath through thenhute and containing simi ar diametrically opposite semi-circularrecesses 24, 24 in its periphery for receiving a coin 25. An operatinghandle, shown-as a knob'26, is provided on the outer end of the journalcarrythe recessed disk, and this journal also MILLS, or CHICAGO,ILLINOIS, AssreNoR 'ro ZENO MANUFACTURING ooM- PANY,'OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

carries, between the disk and the inner face of the casing-front, aratchet 27 mutilated by similar rectangular recesses 28, 28 formeddiametrically opposite each other in its periphcry. Asipring-pressedpawl 29 and a sprmgpressed etent 30 engage, respectively,the

recesses 28 in. the normal position of the ratchetto lock it andthemagazine until released by a coin as hereinafter described; and inthenormal .position of the disk 23 it presents one of its recesses 24 tothe inner end of the upper section of the coin-chute. The magazine-legscontain transverse openends, the height of each opening being slightlygreater than the thickness of a packings 31 near their otherwise closedlower age 19 to prevent the discharge of more than the lowermost packageof a stack at the inner end of the opening from which to drop 1n to thedelivery-chute 13. Toeffect this discharge ejecting-fingers 32 and 33are supported stationarily and inclinedly" at opposite sides of thelower free end of the magazine to register, respectively, with the outerends of the openings 31, whereby when the magazine is turned in eitherdirectlon 1t abuts the lowermost package 19in one leg against theadjacent ejecting finger and by moving along the-latter at therespective opening 31' causes the finger to dislodge that package anddischarge it into the chute 13 for delivery at the cup 12.

When' a coinis dropped into the chute 14 it lodges in a diskrecess 24with asectionof the coin protruding therefrom. By then turning the knob26 to the extent of play per mitted by the recess 28 with which the pawl29 engages, the protruding portion of the coin will encounter the pawlin its path and in the position shown in Fig. 6, and further turning theknob will press the confined coin against the pawlto force it out ofengagement with the ratchet into the osition shown in Fig. 7, therebyreleasing t e ratchet. Continued turning of the knob until the ratchethas described one-half a. revolution, during which the coin clears thepawl and drops into the receptacle 15, causes the engagement of the stud22 with the slot 21 to turn the magazine to the osition represented inFig. 1, and engage t e finger 32 with the lowermost package 19 in theleg 17 to eject that package and discharge it into the chute 13 fordelivery at the cup 12. At the end or" this partial revolution of theratchet the pawl looks it by engagement with the other recess 28 withthe other disk-recess 24 in position for lodgment in it of the next coininserted into the machine for operating it. Insertion of such next coinand turning the knob in thesame direction releases the magazine in themanner described and efl'ects its movement in the direction to engagethe lowermost package 19 in the magazine-leg 18 with the finger 33 toeffect the ejection of that package and its discharge to the cup 12.

As will be observed, after the turning of the knob has been once startedit can not be turned back, because of the detent 30, until it hascompleted a half revolution, when it becomes locked; and the inventiondoubles ripheral recesses, a s ring-pressed the magazine-capacity of themachine Without requiring, to that end, any increase in its dimensionsover those of the ordinary single-magazine vending-machine. The gist ofmy invention is the two-compartment magazine movable with reference tostationary ejecting-fingers registering with its package-dischargeopenings, whether the magazine be pivotally supported and movable byswinging it or otherwise.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In avending-machine, the combination with a casing, of a magazine comprisingtwo united legs forming com artments for arti cles to be vended andaving lateral discharge-openings in their lower ends, said magazinebeing pivotally suspended in the casing and having a slot in thejunction between said legs, ejecting-fingers su )ported in the casing atopposite sides of the lower ends of said legs to coincide with saidopenings therein, mechanism releasably locking said magazine againstmovement, comprising 'a recessed disk journaled in the casing, a stud onthe disk engaging said slot, a ratchet connected with said disk andprovided with pe pawl engaging the ratchet an extending ad acent to saiddisk, a spring-pressed detent en aging the ratchet, and an 0 cratinghancfie for turning the-ratchet, an a delivery-chute 1n the casingbetween the ejecting-fingers, for the purpose set forth.

MORTIMER B. MILL-S. In presence of- CHAS. E. GAYLoRD, W. T. JONES.

